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Qigong with Minke ~ Level I Tao Basics & Healing Love
June 29 - July 13
Level I – Tao Basics & Healing Love
June 29th– July 13th, 2025
Please note that all prices are in Canadian Dollars and reflect the entire price for your food and accommodations for your entire stay at the retreat centre.
Registration and Payment for Program Content is done via the following website:
To register for the Qigong Level I program visit: http://www.silentground.com/qigong-teacher-training.html
To register staying at Johnsons Landing Retreat Center (meals and accommodations) visit: https://johnsonslandingretreatcenter.secure.retreat.guru/program/qigong-with-minke-level-i/?form=1&lang=en
Practice Tao Yoga, Qigong and Meditation
for an amazing awakening and rejuvenating experience.
~Cultivate your body, energy, soul and spirit to bring your sense of well being to a new level.
~Connect and absorb nature’s splendor and pure energy.
~Learn tools to get your personal Energy Body tuned up
so you can vibrate with the Source.
Become a Tao Alchemy Qigong Instructor
to support others to:
~awaken their natural healing energy
~learn ways to transform their emotions
~integrate self-love and self care into their life
Accelerate your growth!
Personal Retreat – 14 days – first 2 weeks June 29 – July 13, 2025
You are welcome to attend all 4 weeks as a personal retreat as well.
~This retreat is a great opportunity to deepen your practice.
~Those with prior Silent Ground experience of Tao Fundamentals and Healing Love are welcome to join for the last 2 weeks, Level II.
~You will receive a practice guide with clear descriptions of the practices.
| In this training you will learn how to:
• Understand the benefits and healing properties of each practice
Schedule
Weekly Practicum – You will have a chance Practice teaching in small groups will be on Saturdays. Intimate Group – Only 10 students will be accepted |
Curriculum
This 2-weeks immersion focuses on the Tao Alchemy Fundamentals and Tao Sexual Energy Cultivation.
We will be practising Meditation, Tao Yin Yoga and Qigong in our daily schedule.
Week One: Tao Fundamentals and Self Healing includes:
Inner Smile Meditation, Microcosmic Orbit, Six Healing Sounds, Qi Self-Massage,
Iron Shirt Qigong, and Medical Qigong.
*This week is grounding and gets you in touch with your emotions and vital organs.
*Practice healing sounds and colour to clear and reprogram your inner world.
*Open channels and become aware of your energy body.
Week Two: Healing Love and Cultivating Sexual Energy includes:
Self-Massage, Sexual Vitality Qigong, Tao Yogic Breathing, Energy Healing,
Bone Marrow Nei Kung, Yoni Egg and Conscious Relationship
*This week is a deep dive into cultivating self-love and sexual energy.
*We will start with solo practices, which men and women will practice separately.
*Once we tune our own instrument, we will explore dual cultivation
and ways to exchange and harmonize energy.
Textbooks
for Level I: ‘Tao Tantric Arts for Women’ by Minke de Vos
‘Energy Balance though the Tao’, ‘Tan Tien Chi Kung’, ‘Iron Shirt Chi Kung’ by Mantak Chia
Expert Teachers
Minke de Vos and David Gyurkovics together have over 50 years of experience.
Minke has been certifying teachers for over 30 years.
Tuition: in Canadian dollars, plus 5% GST tax
2 weeks retreat – $2,400, early bird (before June 7) $2,200 CAD
4 weeks retreat – $4,600, early bird (before June 7) $4,400 CAD
Register with Minke – [email protected]
Reserve your spot with a deposit of $800 CAD
by INTERAC etransfer, paypal, cheque, money orders or bank transfer
(non-refundable after June 9, before this there will be a 10% admin fee applied)
Balance due June 21st
If the course is cancelled for any reason, you will receive a full refund.
Minke de Vos ~ is a Senior Universal Healing Tao Instructor, certified by Taoist Grandmaster Mantak Chia. As Director of Silent Ground Retreats she has devoted over 35 years to practicing meditative, healing and movement arts. She draws inspiration from a broad base of disciplines, including Dance, Eurythmy and Voice work. Following a series of Kundalini awakenings, her encounter with Taoist teachings confirmed the universality of her experience. She is a Master Therapist of Shamanic Chinese Medicine, certified by the International Institute of Medical Qigong. Author of “Tao Tantric Arts for Women”. Practitioners of all levels benefit from her creative teaching style, with its focus on living a vital, loving and passionate life
David Gyurkovics ~ is a Universal Healing Tao Instructor, has over 25 years of experience in Taoist internal practices. He is a practitioner of Chinese Shamanic Medicine/ Medcal Qigong, Acutonics, and Chi Nei Tsang (Taoist Internal Organ Massage). He is a musician and offers Sound Healing at their retreats. He emphasizes breathwork as a basis for healthy living.